Chapter 440: The Sword Fiend Is Used Like This

Xie Yuntian was a renowned figure in the East Barrens, hailed as the Divine Wood Sect's foremost sword cultivator before Chen Mobai's sudden emergence. He had even studied sword techniques for half a year under Old Ancestor Mo of Golden Light Cliff.

He was one of the few dao seeds within the Divine Wood Sect who held the potential to achieve Core Formation.

Normally, he was quite arrogant, believing that with the sword in his hand, he could freely traverse the vast East Barrens, with the exception of a few Core Formation Old Ancestors.

Especially after mastering the Azure Flame Sword Qi, Xie Yuntian became somewhat overconfident.

And what fueled this confidence was precisely Chen Mobai.

Because when Chen Mobai first displayed the power of his sword baleful qi, he fought one against five, successively slaying five Foundation Establishment cultivators: Yuan Hongyuan, the Underworld Emissary, Hong Xu, and the Tang siblings. This greatly shocked Xie Yuntian, revealing the true might of the Azure Flame Sword Qi.

He then made a simple deduction.

Xie Yuntian believed that since Chen Mobai could achieve such a feat, he, having also mastered sword baleful qi, should naturally be a master of the same caliber.

However, this pride and confidence gradually vanished when he faced the individual named Xuan Qiao.

At this moment, he understood that he was no match.

Nevertheless, to cover the retreat of the Divine Wood Sect's core disciples, Xie Yuntian remained silent for a moment before his spiritual sense and spiritual power suddenly erupted.

With a clang, his Blazing Flame Flying Sword, like a blazing sun, erupted with fierce, brilliant light, then suddenly broke free from Xuan Qiao's golden light suppression.

With a boom! The flying sword, like a flood dragon emerging from the sea, carried raging flames, spewing out waves of sword light like a meteor shower of fire, charging and fiercely striking Xuan Qiao, who stood on the Golden Bridge.

In that instant, Xie Yuntian had pushed his cultivated Crimson Flame Sword Art to its limit.

The azure flaming sword light rolled like a tide, and the void near the Golden Bridge seemed to ignite under his single sword strike. The air began to subtly warp, its power terrifying.

Some Tremor Mountain Peak cultivators, rushing down from above, were caught off guard. Touched by the sword light and fire rain, their flesh and blood began to boil in horror, and they screamed as they turned into blood mist and ash.

Facing Xie Yuntian's earth-shattering sword strike, Xuan Qiao showed a look of admiration.

Immediately, he spread the five fingers of his right hand, and pure, vast spiritual power surged forth. In an instant, the golden beads on his body transformed into layers of even more dazzling light barriers.

The Blazing Flame Flying Sword, like a fire dragon carrying fiery light and crashing into a golden sun, shattered and burst into a meteor shower of fire the moment it slammed into the golden bead light barriers, setting this part of the sky ablaze.

As layers of golden light barriers shattered, Xie Yuntian's face grew paler, but he gritted his teeth and controlled his flying sword, charging towards Xuan Qiao.

Amidst the thick smoke and fire, the void reflected an image of oil being ignited. Raging flames spread like a prairie fire, and in an instant, the clear sky turned blood-red, with surging inferno.

However, in this boiling sea of fire, that golden brilliance remained, like the most dazzling gold, utterly unafraid of being refined by true fire.

It always stood in the very center, bathed in the blazing sun.

"Is the gap between late Foundation Establishment and perfected Foundation Establishment truly so vast?"

Seeing this, Xie Yuntian's heart suddenly sank. He had only cultivated one and a half strands of sword baleful qi and had initially thought it would be enough to sweep through the East Barrens, fearless even against Ji Dingjin.

But he had never expected to encounter a successor of Xuanyao Dao Palace.

He had originally intended to end the fight quickly and had directly used a strand of sword baleful qi, but to his surprise, it failed to break through the Golden Bead Body Protection Art.

Now, he was activating his supreme sword art, trying with his flying sword, yet still could not succeed.

How on earth could he break through his body protection art?

Just as Xie Yuntian was pondering his next move in the battle, a golden light suddenly flashed out from the flames.

Xie Yuntian tried his best to dodge, but his right arm was still severed at the shoulder by this blade-like golden light. Feeling the severe pain in his shoulder and the rapid loss of vital blood, he quickly slapped a 'Regeneration Talisman' on himself.

But golden threads entwined the wound, preventing his severed arm from reattaching.

Xie Yuntian could only first stop the bleeding, then put away his severed arm.

"Just a little warm-up."

At this moment, Xuan Qiao waved his hand, and the raging flames filling the sky were instantly torn apart, revealing his dazzling golden figure.

Xie Yuntian saw that Zhou Wangshen below had gathered the Divine Wood Sect disciples and was retreating. Without any further words with Xuan Qiao, he controlled his flying sword with his remaining left hand and once again activated the Crimson Flame Sword Art.

The flying sword chimed clearly, like a long fire dragon, charging towards the Golden Bridge and the cultivators descending from it.

Xuan Qiao did not make a move, allowing the flying sword to pass by him and speed towards the Tremor Mountain Peak cultivators behind him.

This was not him abandoning his allies; though he was proud by nature, he would not stand by and watch his allies sacrifice themselves at such a time.

Another golden light descended, landing on the Blazing Flame Flying Sword.

Xie Yuntian's peak second-tier flying sword was suppressed once again. He unleashed his spiritual sense and spiritual power, wanting the flying sword to break free.

But a fair, slender hand descended, and jade-like fingers, slender as green onions, lightly tapped the flying sword.

In that instant, Xie Yuntian felt as if his connection with the flying sword was completely severed.

He felt as if a piece of his mind had been gouged out, and he couldn't help but black out, almost losing control of his body and falling towards the ground.

"Proceed according to the plan."

After Xuan Qiao severed Xie Yuntian's arm, his junior sister, Xuan Jinzhi, also descended from the Golden Bridge. After suppressing the flying sword with the ease of breathing or drinking water, she lightly waved her fair hand, commanding the Xuanyao Dao Palace and Tremor Mountain Peak cultivators to pursue those on the outermost periphery of the Divine Wood Sect's battle formation.

These were clearly rogue cultivators, neither valued nor trusted.

Initially, many tried hard to resist, aiming to kill enemies.

But as time passed, when Zhou Wangshen, in the very center, began to lead the Divine Wood Sect disciples in a gradual retreat, the rogue cultivators who no longer saw any hope of victory all stopped attacking the enemy.

They protected themselves, and some clever ones, even risking injury, severed their spiritual power connection with the Divine Wood Sect's battle formation and simply fled.

At first, there were only a few, but this quickly caused a chain reaction, and in an instant, the outermost battle formation completely collapsed.

"All retreat!"

Seeing that the tide had irrevocably turned, Zhou Wangshen no longer concealed it. He immediately turned and led the sect disciples, fleeing at full speed towards the territory of Thunder Nation.

Not far away was a market they had operated for a long time, protected by a third-tier grand formation, which would be enough to resist for a period while awaiting the sect's reinforcements.

"Any last words before you die?"

In mid-air, the utterly defeated Xie Yuntian, pale-faced, looked at the male and female cultivators standing on the Golden Bridge, and despair finally emerged in his eyes.

It wasn't that he hadn't fought against perfected Foundation Establishment cultivators; he had sparred with Meng Hongchu of his sect and had even fought Ji Dingjin several times on this border battlefield.

But none had made him feel such an insurmountable, despairing gap as this pair before him.

The sect was probably facing a great calamity!

This thought flashed through Xie Yuntian's mind. With the strength of these two, no one in the Divine Wood Sect, apart from the two Old Ancestors, would likely be a match.

Now that Tremor Mountain Peak had received the aid of these two, Thunder Nation would likely be hard to defend. It remained to be seen if they could confine the battlefield to Cloud Nation, without affecting the nation where the sect was located.

If so, even the current Sect Master and the former Sect Master, both perfected Foundation Establishment cultivators, would have to personally come to the front lines.

Although, in Xie Yuntian's estimation, they would also be no match for these two, at least as cultivators of the same realm, they could still resist for a while with the power of formations.

This was the best strategy Xie Yuntian could think of before his death.

As for Chen Mobai, Xie Yuntian believed he was roughly similar in strength to himself, and perhaps even weaker after Xie Yuntian had also mastered sword baleful qi.

After all, he was at least in late Foundation Establishment, while Chen Mobai had only broken through to mid-Foundation Establishment a few years ago.

However, Xie Yuntian believed that Chen Mobai had the potential to grow to the level of these two Xuanyao Dao Palace successors. He hoped the sect could hold out long enough to buy him, Hong He, and others time to cultivate, grow, and even reach Core Formation.

"No last words? Never mind, even if you did, I wouldn't remember them anyway."

Seeing Xie Yuntian's deathly pallor and prolonged silence, Xuan Qiao assumed he was trying to buy time for the Divine Wood Sect disciples' retreat, so he stopped wasting time.

He raised his right index finger, a golden light lit up, condensing into a golden bead, which then transformed into a slender, blade-like straight line. From Xuan Qiao's fingertip, it traced a semi-circular arc in mid-air and rapidly descended onto Xie Yuntian's head.

A high-grade second-tier shield artifact flew out, barely blocking the golden death line.

Xuan Jinzhi, standing beside Xuan Qiao, had azure eyes that flickered. Golden light descended from her fair hand, having already suppressed this artifact as well.

Xie Yuntian then cast two more defensive spells, barely holding on for a few breaths before reaching a dead end.

The golden death line descended straight down!

Xie Yuntian's face showed a tragic expression. He felt his scalp had been cut open, and seeing his entire body about to be sliced in half, his instinctive desire to survive made him activate a third-tier 'Spirit Leaf Talisman' personally crafted by Old Ancestor Zhou.

A vibrant green leaf, dripping with vitality, popped out of his body seemingly from thin air, deflecting Xuan Qiao's golden death line from above his head.

"Futile struggle!"

Xuan Qiao spoke with pity. Then his index finger rose again, another golden bead condensed and shimmered, and the golden death line once again struck down towards Xie Yuntian.

"I have done my sect proud!"

In his last moments before death, Xie Yuntian's face suddenly became calm. He shouted loudly, then raised his head and faced the golden light directly.

"Senior Brother Xie, I will definitely lead the sect disciples to survive!"

Zhou Wangshen, who had already retreated from the battlefield, witnessed this scene in the sky. His eyes welled up, but he gritted his teeth, turned, and continued to retreat with the disciples around him, who wore various expressions of frowning, pain, anger, and despair.

Zzzzt!

At this moment, a thunderous sound, like the crisp cry of a green bird, suddenly echoed across the battlefield, reaching everyone's ears.

Then, a dazzling azure lightning bolt, like a long spear, shot out from a cloud bank in the distant sky.

The lightning spear arrived in an instant, precisely meeting the golden death line emanating from Xuan Qiao's fingertip. The collision of these two great third-tier divine abilities erupted with a deafening and terrifying force.

With a crisp crack, to Xuan Qiao's disbelieving eyes, his golden death line was snapped by the dazzling azure lightning.

The thunderous power continued unabated, rushing straight up with a roar, heading towards him, who stood on the Golden Bridge.

Thirty golden beads shimmered and condensed, forming thirty layers of golden light barriers on Xuan Qiao's body, even more dazzling than when he fought Xie Yuntian.

With a deafening rumble! The golden long bridge, standing between the mountains and the earth, shook twice. Twenty-nine layers of those thirty golden light barriers were torn apart by the terrifying thunder power.

Only the last thin layer remained, resisting the last trace of dazzling azure lightning in front of him.

Xuan Qiao's face showed shock; he had thought it was the two Core Formation cultivators of the Divine Wood Sect who had made a move.

Xuan Jinzhi, on the side, even took out a golden token defensive artifact. She herself also condensed twenty-five golden bead light barriers, ready to resist that terrifying thunder spell.

"Oh, Tremor Mountain Peak actually has other perfected Foundation Establishment cultivators besides Ji Dingjin. How come the sect's intelligence didn't mention this? The Divination Department and the Transmission of Arts Department have gravely neglected their duties!"

A clear voice sounded from the horizon. The rainbow-colored mist dispersed, revealing massive airships.

As the young man on the foremost airship spoke, he transformed into an elongated phantom of fiery light, crossing half the sky in a single step, appearing before Xie Yuntian, blocking the path of Xuan Qiao and Xuan Jinzhi.

"You..."

Xie Yuntian looked at the young man's back standing before him, his lips trembling slightly. He wanted to say something but, under immense shock, was completely at a loss for words.

"Who are these two guys? Never mind, it doesn't matter if I don't know, they'll be dead soon anyway!"

Chen Mobai turned and asked Xie Yuntian, but then shook his head and answered himself.

His words caused Xuan Qiao and Xuan Jinzhi on the Golden Bridge to abruptly turn cold. No one had ever dared to disregard them like this.

"These two should be successors of a major East Yi sect, both at perfected Foundation Establishment cultivation. They cultivate Golden elemental techniques. The female cultivator is skilled in a secret art that suppresses artifacts; be careful your flying sword isn't suppressed!"

At this moment, Xie Yuntian finally reacted. Although he didn't understand why this junior, while mastering sword baleful qi, could also master third-tier Yi Wood Divine Thunder, he still informed Chen Mobai of the intelligence he had gathered during their previous exchange.

He hoped this might increase Chen Mobai's chances of victory.

"Suppress artifacts? That's truly unfortunate. I wasn't even planning to use artifacts against mere Foundation Establishment opponents."

After hearing this, Chen Mobai said something that left Xie Yuntian at a loss for words.

Even if you've mastered sword baleful qi and third-tier Yi Wood Divine Thunder, facing two perfected Foundation Establishment successors of major sects, you can't be this arrogant, can you?!

"Arrogant! I was just careless earlier, only using seventy percent of my strength. Even so, your Yi Wood Divine Thunder couldn't harm me in the slightest. I'll immediately show you what I can do when I go all out!"

Xuan Qiao could no longer tolerate it. He had never seen anyone more arrogant than Chen Mobai. Every word Chen Mobai spoke since his arrival had stimulated his already proud and sensitive nerves.

As he spoke, Xuan Qiao once again activated his profound cultivation art. Golden beads condensed in front of him, and under the control of his spiritual sense, they transformed into golden threads, which then wove into a golden net, flying towards Chen Mobai and Xie Yuntian behind him.

Earlier, a single golden death line had already forced Xie Yuntian to use all his might, and even the Spirit Leaf Talisman from Old Ancestor Zhou barely managed to counteract it.

Now, with a net woven from golden death lines filling the sky, perhaps only Core Formation cultivators could confidently block it!

Xie Yuntian's face was full of worry. After walking the edge of death, his original mindset of embracing death had been shattered, and now he suddenly wanted to live again.

But he truly did not favor Chen Mobai's chances of victory against both Xuan Qiao and Xuan Jinzhi.

"Watch closely, this is how sword baleful qi is used!"

Facing the golden net covering the sky, Chen Mobai said to Xie Yuntian behind him, then gave a live demonstration.

He opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of cinnabar-azure light that condensed into a beam.

Like starlight piercing through gaps in the clouds, or a world-shattering divine sword tearing through the firmament, the moment it touched the golden net, it severed and incinerated all the golden death lines. Then, the azure blazing prairie fire spread along the golden lines to Xuan Qiao's front on the Golden Bridge.

Although Xuan Qiao saw the unfavorable situation and decisively severed his connection with the spell, a wisp of Azure Flame Sword Qi still stained the tip of his index finger.

As a successor of Xuanyao Dao Palace, he naturally understood the power of sword baleful qi. Although Xie Yuntian's sword baleful qi couldn't even harm a single hair on him, it didn't mean it lacked lethality.

A cold glint flashed in Xuan Qiao's eyes, and he immediately sliced off a piece of flesh from his fingertip.

"Oh, quite decisive, aren't you?"

Chen Mobai saw this and said with a hint of surprise, then waved his hand at the two of them.

"Come at me together, I'm in a hurry to go fight Ji Dingjin."

Chen Mobai hadn't engaged in many duels in the East Barrens, so he was deeply impressed by that unresolved duel with Ji Dingjin and had always kept it in his mind over the years.

He wanted to settle it once and for all during this sect war.

Junior Brother Chen actually has this kind of personality...

Xie Yuntian hadn't had much contact with Chen Mobai. In the few limited instances, the latter had always been like a modest gentleman, gentle and refined.

However, he immediately recalled the rumors among the sect's upper echelons. Former Sect Master Meng Hong had said that this young man was very competitive and eager to win. He had fought Yuan Hongyuan just after reaching Foundation Establishment, severely wounding that strong cultivator who built his foundation with raw power, and even concealed it after returning to the sect, wanting to personally take revenge after his sword dao reached perfection.

Perhaps in his daily life, he cultivated his sword, nurturing its sharpness, and today, it was unsheathed, indeed its sharpness fully revealed. With one sword move, the world turned pale.

As Xie Yuntian thought this, Xuan Qiao on the Golden Bridge was enraged to the extreme.

He took out a golden halberd. With spiritual light flashing, an earth-shattering golden ray shot straight into the sky, fiercely hurling it at Chen Mobai.

Xie Yuntian asked himself, facing this strike, he would surely have no chance of survival.

Just as he was wondering how Chen Mobai would respond or dodge, the latter performed an action that made his eyes widen.

He saw Chen Mobai open the five fingers of his right hand, then reach out and grip the golden halberd that could pierce through the earth.

Then, with a flash of five-colored light, this second-tier artifact was crushed into a lump of gold ingot by his bare hand using the Five Elements Sword Finger.

"If you two aren't coming, then I am!"

Chen Mobai was too lazy to waste time with them. He activated his Ground-Leaving Flame Light Escape and, in an instant, had already rushed onto the Golden Bridge, face-to-face with Xuan Qiao and Xuan Jinzhi.

Both successors of Xuanyao Dao Palace involuntarily took a step back, but Xuan Qiao immediately felt this action showed weakness. He instantly took another step forward with anger, his entire body shimmering with golden light, and golden beads erupting with dazzling brilliance.

"You just said you used seventy percent of your strength!"

Chen Mobai looked at Xuan Qiao, who had stepped forward and was almost face-to-face with him, and suddenly spoke. Then he opened his mouth and spat out three cinnabar-azure sword pellets.

"I probably used about twenty percent of my strength."

Then, to Xuan Qiao's disbelieving eyes, three strands of Azure Flame Sword Qi completely erupted.

A dazzling azure sun lit up on the Golden Bridge. Compared to Xie Yuntian's previous display that almost incinerated half the sky, this time, the sword baleful qi's aftershock was entirely confined within a three-meter radius around the two combatants.

"Such exquisite spiritual sense control! Junior Brother Chen's understanding and application of sword baleful qi far surpasses mine."

Seeing this, Xie Yuntian was utterly convinced.

He was still only at the stage of having mastered sword baleful qi and knowing how to use it.

But Chen Mobai had already begun to master sword baleful qi, even reaching the pinnacle of perfection.

The two were simply not on the same level at all.

I actually thought I was similar to him!

Xie Yuntian felt ashamed of his previous thoughts. Luckily, it was only his own belief, and he had never spoken it aloud, otherwise, he would have been utterly humiliated.

At this moment, Xuan Jinzhi finally couldn't resist. She controlled the golden token in her palm and joined the battlefield between the two, wanting to lend her senior brother a hand.

With her assistance and artifact, Xuan Qiao finally broke free from the azure sun formed by the Azure Flame Sword Qi. The golden bead light barriers around them had long been incinerated. If not for a powerful third-tier talisman and the golden token, they would probably have faced life or death long ago.

"Junior Sister, this guy is a monster, retreat first!"

Under the bombardment of three Azure Flame Sword Qi strands, Xuan Qiao finally sobered up. His desire for survival overwhelmed all his pride. After speaking to Xuan Jinzhi, he began controlling the Golden Bridge beneath his feet, retreating towards the mountains above.

At this moment, he was glad he hadn't left the range of the Golden Bridge; otherwise, he probably wouldn't even be able to escape.

"A decent battle formation, seems to be specifically designed against my Divine Wood Sect."

Chen Mobai activated his Void-Piercing Spiritual Eyes and saw through the Golden Bridge battle formation's true nature. He could use the principle of Metal overcoming Wood to easily open a breach in the Divine Wood Sect's battle formation.

"But the key is still you two. As long as you two are dead and there's no one to command it, this battle formation will be useless."

As he spoke, Chen Mobai no longer hesitated. He took a deep breath, and another strand of Azure Flame Sword Qi was exhaled from his mouth.

How many strands of sword baleful qi had he actually cultivated?

Xie Yuntian, witnessing this scene, was shocked. With over a hundred years of cultivation, he had only managed to cultivate one and a half strands; any more, and his body wouldn't be able to bear it.

But Chen Mobai unleashed them one after another, and in a short amount of time, he had already sent out five strands of Azure Flame Sword Qi!

A cinnabar-azure beam of light lit up in the sky, then, like an azure meteor shooting upwards against the flow, it slammed straight onto the Golden Bridge.

"Protect the Young Master!"

Ji Dingjin's panicked voice sounded from Tremor Mountain Peak's side. He donned a battle armor and rushed out from the battle formation, punching out with immense fist force, wanting to help.

Unfortunately, to kill the enemy, Chen Mobai had intentionally activated the Flame Burst Art with this sword strike. The fist force was like a gentle breeze fueling the flames, causing the power of the Azure Flame Sword Qi to prematurely detonate slightly.

Chen Mobai didn't pay it any mind.

Anyway, after this battle, the Divine Wood Sect's Green Wood Baleful Qi would definitely be under his command, so he wouldn't need to feel bad about a mere strand of sword baleful qi power.

Xuan Qiao and Xuan Jinzhi had just controlled the Golden Bridge to retreat out of the Divine Wood Sect's battle formation's range, before they could hide within the protection of Tremor Mountain Peak's battle formation.

They were caught by Chen Mobai's ultimate version of the Azure Flame Sword Qi, imbued with Sun Ascension Art, Flame Burst Art, and other techniques.

"Senior Brother, I'll go first!"

Xuan Jinzhi gritted her silver teeth, looked at the golden token in her hand, then opened her mouth and spat out a drop of vital blood, activating the artifact's strongest power. She then descended from the Golden Bridge and flew away in another direction at the fastest possible speed.

"Oh, that's quite unexpected."

Chen Mobai had originally thought these two were dao companions with a love stronger than gold, but he hadn't expected them to fly off separately when disaster struck.

Xuan Qiao roared angrily at Xuan Jinzhi's retreating back, but by then, the Azure Flame Sword Qi had already struck his back. He could only reactivate his Golden Bead Body Protection Art, then took out defensive talismans from his storage bag, as well as a high-grade second-tier defensive artifact, and even consumed a pill of unknown effect.

Even Core Formation cultivators wouldn't dare to take the power of the Azure Flame Sword Qi's self-detonation head-on. Xuan Qiao, by expending all his strength, actually managed to block it. Although he was only half-dead and his entire body was corroded by the power of the sword baleful qi.

But at least he survived!

At this moment, Ji Dingjin, who had rushed out from the mountains, also landed in front of Xuan Qiao. He embraced the latter, who was smoking faintly, and turned to retreat back into their own battle formation.

"Oh, is it because the power of the sword baleful qi detonated prematurely?"

Chen Mobai's questioning voice sounded in Ji Dingjin's ear. The latter's body jolted, and the black mace in his other hand swung wildly to his side with immense force.

With a flash of his Ground-Leaving Flame Light Escape, Chen Mobai had retreated three meters, smilingly watching Ji Dingjin retreat into Tremor Mountain Peak's battle formation, holding Xuan Qiao.

Ji Dingjin felt strange in his heart. Separated by the battle formation, he met Chen Mobai's gaze from outside and saw the latter holding a lid in his right hand, gently stoppered the yellow gourd hanging from his waist.

Before the yellow gourd's lid closed, Ji Dingjin saw an orange-red light, like a blood-red line, flow into it.

What is this?

As doubt filled his heart, Xuan Qiao, in his arms, began to cough violently, his voice growing increasingly hoarse.

"Cough, cough... wait until I form my core... phew, phew..."

Half-way through his words, Xuan Qiao suddenly realized something. A blood-red line had appeared on his neck at some unknown point, and then large gushes of blood poured from his mouth, nose, and seven orifices.

With a click! With wide, disbelieving eyes, Xuan Qiao's head detached from his neck along the blood line, falling onto Ji Dingjin's body.

What a fast sword! When did he strike?

Ji Dingjin's face was filled with shock. He looked at Xuan Qiao, whose head was severed, spiritual sense annihilated, and life force completely gone, and couldn't help but stand stunned, silent for a long time.

This guy, his progress is too fast!

Ji Dingjin felt the residual sword baleful qi in Xuan Qiao's body begin to corrode and burn his corpse. He indifferently lowered the headless corpse from his arms and met the gaze of the handsome young man outside the battle formation, who was watching this scene.

"Be grateful, you were supposed to be the first."

Separated by the battle formation, Chen Mobai's words couldn't be heard, but Ji Dingjin understood Chen Mobai's words by reading his lips.

Is Heaven trying to destroy my Tremor Mountain Peak?!

This was the first time Ji Dingjin had lost confidence in victory.

Although Tremor Mountain Peak didn't have absolute confidence in victory against the Divine Wood Sect, Ji Dingjin at least felt they could fight.

But now, after witnessing Chen Mobai's unfathomable sword cultivation, he felt the same despair Xie Yuntian had experienced when facing Xuan Qiao and Xuan Jinzhi.

"Quick, open the formation, let me in!"

And at this moment, on the other side of the Mountain-Stabilizing Formation, Xuan Jinzhi, who had circled around, used her attacks to shake the mountains, catching Ji Dingjin's attention.

Xuan Jinzhi had originally intended to flee and be done with it. But after thinking it over, she realized she might not escape the pursuit of Chen Mobai, that terrifying sword cultivator. After all, the miraculous Ground-Leaving Flame Light Escape technique was simply too fast; it felt safer to hide within the battle formation.

Moreover, as long as she survived this ordeal, she could then find a way to return to East Yi via Tremor Mountain Peak's teleportation array.

As long as she returned to East Yi, her life would certainly not be in danger.

Ji Dingjin hesitated for a moment, remembering that Tremor Mountain Peak's only hope of victory against the Divine Wood Sect still lay with Xuanyao Dao Palace. So he nodded and opened a gap in the battle formation.

"Oh, I forgot there was another one."

Just as Xuan Jinzhi had half a foot inside the Mountain-Stabilizing Formation, Chen Mobai once again unstoppered the yellow gourd at his waist. With a flash of orange-red light, it had already sliced across Xuan Jinzhi's fair, slender neck.

Ji Dingjin's eyes almost split open with rage, but he could only watch helplessly as Xuan Jinzhi also turned into a headless corpse before his eyes.

This time, Chen Mobai didn't forget to string up Xuan Jinzhi's storage bag and the golden token in her palm with his Primal Yang Sword Qi and bring them back.

"Damn it, this is too much!"

Ji Dingjin roared in anger. Donning his battle armor and gripping his black mace, he was about to rush out of the formation and fight Chen Mobai.

He was a perfected Foundation Establishment body cultivator. Although his attack power was average, he was still very confident in his defense and believed he could block the sword baleful qi's attacks.

"Vice Sect Master, calm down!"

At the critical moment, a Tremor Mountain Peak master pulled back Ji Dingjin, preventing him from throwing his life away.

After Chen Mobai retrieved Xuan Jinzhi's storage bag, he saw Ji Dingjin's actions, and his eyes lit up. He even deliberately waited for a while in mid-air outside the battle formation.

But seeing Ji Dingjin persuaded to stop, he couldn't help but shake his head in regret.

Looks like it's just a double kill today!